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首先,坏消息是:在世界范围内,每年有近500万名婴儿死亡。在南亚和非洲这些地方死亡率最高。但在富裕国家婴儿也会死亡。例如在美国,每1000名婴儿中就有6人在他们的第一个生日之前死亡。世界上婴儿死亡率最低的国家当数芬兰。在过去70年里,它向世界展示了一个好消息:婴儿不一定会死,而且防止婴儿死亡并不需要花费很多。在第二次世界大战之前,芬兰的婴儿死亡率是一个大问题。大约每1000名芬兰婴儿中有65人
First, the bad news is that nearly 5 million babies die each year worldwide. In South Asia and Africa these areas have the highest rates of mortality. But babies can die in rich countries as well. In the United States, for example, 6 out of every 1,000 infants died before their first birthday. The number of countries in the world with the lowest infant mortality rates is Finland. For the past 70 years, it has shown the good news to the world that babies do not necessarily die and that it does not cost much to prevent infant deaths. Infant mortality in Finland before the Second World War was a big issue. Approximately 65 out of every 1,000 Finnish infants